BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 4. Azerbaijan Railways CJSC transited 698,178 tons of cargo through the Middle Corridor from January through March 2024, which is 10 percent more than the indicator of the same period in 2023, Trend reports.
According to Azerbaijan Railways, the growth was achieved due to increased transit of urea (fertilizer) and fuel oil from Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, through Azerbaijan.
To note, the port of Baku recently launched a terminal for the transit of up to 2.5 million tons per year of fertilizers from Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries.
The Middle Corridor project has been in operation for 10 years and has been particularly active in the last two years.
A total of 2.76 million tons of cargo passed through the Middle Corridor in 2023, up 86 percent from 2022. The cargo traffic forecast for 2024 is 4.2 million tons.
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